A Pomegranate, Siena

1885

George Henry Hall

Painter, American, 1825 - 1913

George Henry Hall

Attributed to

The painting is of a pomegranate that has been cut in half, exposing its red seeds. Some seeds have spilled out in front of it. The fruit is set against a dark brown background. The seeds are bright red with white highlights, while the rind of the fruit is a slightly darker red. The area containing the seeds is a light yellow color with darker indentations where seeds have fallen out.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18.42 × 22.86 cm (7 1/4 × 9 in.)
    framed: 40.39 × 44.45 × 4.45 cm (15 7/8 × 17 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.44.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William H. Gerdts [1929-2020], New York, by at least 1965;[1] gift 2018 to NGA.
[1] Gerdts lent the painting to a circa 1965 exhibition at the American Federation of the Arts in New York; per documentation provided by Abigail Booth Gerdts, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • [Still lifes of edible subjects from the collection of William H. Gerdts, on occasion of publication of cookbook by William and Lois Katzenbach], Board Room, American Federation of the Arts, New York, c. 1965, no catalogue, label no. 38.

1966

  • Mid-Nineteenth Century American Painting from the Collections of Henry M. Fuller and William H. Gerdts, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, 1966, no. 25, repro.

1976

  • American Cornucopia: 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies, The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1976, no. 26.

1998

  • For Beauty and For Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life, Mead Art Museum, Amherst; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, 1998, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1971

  • Gerdts, William H., and Russell Burke. American Still-Life Painting. New York, 1971: 66, 78, fig. 5-17.

Inscriptions

lower right: Geo. Henry Hall / Siena '85

Wikidata ID

Q63120666

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